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Health Buddy
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Our Team
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The Problem
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The Solution
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What's in Store for Health Buddy
Inspiration
We were inspired when we read about the doctors working on the front lines of coronavirus treatment. They work unusually long hours, sometimes lacking proper protective equipment. This leads to stress and burnout, which can negatively affect the quality of care their patients receive. In turn, these patients have worse outcomes.
What it does
As a response to healthcare worker burnout, we created Health Buddy. Health Buddy enables patients to report their symptoms online. These reports allow the doctor to make a quick decision about whether the patient needs an appointment. This not only saves the doctor time by avoiding unnecessary appointments, but also minimizes the need for the patient to expose themselves to other people.
How We built it
We built Health Buddy as a web-app based on BootStrap, jQuery, and FireBase. We divided each of the pages on our site amongst our team members and set off working. A few coffee-fuelled nights later we had Health Buddy...
Challenges We ran into
Many of us are new to web development, so starting was a challenge. Some of our members weren't familiar with jQuery, so there was a big learning curve. However, we all combined our experience and in the end we each got a working component.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I'm proud of the fact that we got a working login system, and multiple database-driven components all working together.
What I learned
I learned about how to use FireBase. Their API is surprisingly easy!
What's next for Health Buddy
We plan to add more telehealth features such as video conferencing and chat. We also plan to audit our security and make any necessary changes to it.
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